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		<title>The Final Challenge</title>
		<link>http://mudgamers.com/2011/12/21/the-final-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://mudgamers.com/2011/12/21/the-final-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="http://tfcmud.com/" rel="nofollow">Lycron</a></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Final Challenge began in March of 1994, and is more commonly known to those who play it as TFC or \&#8217;the mud\&#8217;. It has a dedicated, addicted, &#038; friendly player base from all over the world that enjoys meeting new people and interacting. TFC attracts a variety of types of players. You\&#8217;ll find players [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  The Final Challenge began in March of 1994, and is more<br />
commonly known to those who play it as TFC or \&#8217;the mud\&#8217;. It<br />
has a dedicated, addicted, &#038; friendly player base from all<br />
over the world that enjoys meeting new people and<br />
interacting.  TFC attracts a variety of types of players.<br />
You\&#8217;ll find players who place a heavy emphasis on role-<br />
playing, those who are PKers, those who enjoy the puzzles,<br />
challenges, and mobmasteries in the game, those who enjoy<br />
exploring the almost entirely unique 12,000+ room world,<br />
those who like to sit and chat, &#038; those who are a mixture<br />
of all of the above.  And you won\&#8217;t get lost in the crowd -<br />
since there are generally 20-30 people online at a time.</p>
<p>TFC has a god-follower system and a variety of alignment<br />
flavors that a character can choose from.  Of course,<br />
characters can also go it on their own and remain<br />
unaligned.  Characters may dual and triple class as well.<br />
Players may also have multiple characters (and many do), so<br />
long as they are not online at the same time and are played<br />
as separate individuals. Stop by mud.finalchallenge.net 4000<br />
and check it out for yourself.</p>
<p><b>Host</b>: tfcmud.com</p>
<p><b>Port</b>: 4000</p>
<p><a href="http://mudgamers.com/home/client/?host=tfcmud.com&#038;port=4000&#038;title=The Final Challenge"  ><img src="http://mudgamers.com/files/playnow.png" alt="Click to Play Now" title="Click to Play Now"/></a></p>
<p><b>Website URL</b>: <a href="http://tfcmud.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/tfcmud.com');">http://tfcmud.com</a></p>
<p><b>Admin email</b>: <a href="mailto:tynian@finalchallenge.net">tynian@finalchallenge.net</a></p>
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		<title>Dark Castle</title>
		<link>http://mudgamers.com/2010/04/26/dark-castle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Apocalypse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[badass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Castle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hack]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medieval]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mudgamers.com/?p=1265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[o-)&#8211; D A R K &#8211; C A S T L E &#8211;> Are you afraid of the Dark? Dark Castle is an exciting and long-standing MUD open to players of all ages. DC boasts an active and free thinking Immortal staff who rarely censor language, violence, or actions. With several expansive continents and over [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b> o-)&#8211; D A R K &#8211; C A S T L E &#8211;></b><br />
  Are you afraid of the Dark? </p>
<p></p>
<p>Dark Castle is an exciting and long-standing MUD open to players of all ages.<br />
DC boasts an active and free thinking Immortal staff who rarely censor language, violence, or actions.</p>
<p></p>
<p>With several expansive continents and over 100 original areas, Dark Castle MUD is a challenge to both new and experienced mudders alike.</p>
<p></p>
<p>A few of Dark Castle&#8217;s original features include:<br />
• A detailed and highly developed player-run CLAN SYSTEM.<br />
• A &#8216;META-PHYSICIAN&#8217; where attributes and upgrades can be purchased.<br />
• A vast array of items, mobs, areas, and storylines.<br />
• A variety of well developed races and classes. (Some classes include: Monk, Bard, Druid, &#038; Paladin)<br />
• Professions for character and class specialization.<br />
• An all-original CASINO utilizing actual rules and odds.<br />
• An exciting fully automated QUEST system.<br />
• A LEADERBOARD to compare your character to the competition.<br />
• A flexible, unique combat system full of gore and mayhem.<br />
• Free player VAULTS for storing, saving, and sharing your loot!<br />
• A player-run AUCTION HOUSE for buying and selling goods.<br />
• Comprehensive helpfiles for both new and veteran players.<br />
• Many more ORIGINAL FEATURES only found on Dark Castle!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Players new to mudding: feel free to seek an Immortal for advice as not all of the Dark Castle denizens work for the &#8216;good-guys&#8217;.</p>
<p></p>
<p>With stable, consistent coding and balance and an exciting new quest and character development system, Dark Castle is still the most sh*t-kicking MUD around! Join the adventure that got zMUD&#8217;s Zugg himself started!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Dark Castle Online &#8211; because chicks dig swords.</p>
<p><b>Host</b>: dcastle.org</p>
<p><b>Port</b>: 6666</p>
<p><a href="http://mudgamers.com/home/client/?host=dcastle.org&#038;port=6666&#038;title=Dark Castle"  ><img src="http://mudgamers.com/files/playnow.png" alt="Click to Play Now" title="Click to Play Now"/></a></p>
<p><b>Website URL</b>: <a href="http://www.dcastle.org" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.dcastle.org');">http://www.dcastle.org</a></p>
<p><b>Admin email</b>: <a href="mailto:apocalypse@dcastle.org">apocalypse@dcastle.org</a></p>
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		<title>Dragon Swords</title>
		<link>http://mudgamers.com/2009/02/25/dragon-swords/</link>
		<comments>http://mudgamers.com/2009/02/25/dragon-swords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mintdawn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chaos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chaos blade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dragon swords]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mudgamers.com/?p=1027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dragon Swords Mud has been enslaving players since 1995. We have lots of stuff to do. There&#8217;s hundreds of areas, thousands of levels, limited arena pkill, questing, mining, sieges and more. Come check us out. Dragon Sword has 12 races: Human Dwarf Elf Half-Elf Kender Gnome Half-Giant Half-Orc Draconian Shadow Sprite Orc 14 Player Classes: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dragon Swords Mud has been enslaving players since 1995. We have lots of stuff to do. There&#8217;s hundreds of areas, thousands of levels, limited arena pkill, questing, mining, sieges and more. Come check us out.<br />
<br />
<b>Dragon Sword has 12 races:</b><br />
Human<br />
Dwarf<br />
Elf<br />
Half-Elf<br />
Kender<br />
Gnome<br />
Half-Giant<br />
Half-Orc<br />
Draconian<br />
Shadow<br />
Sprite<br />
Orc<br />
<br />
<b>14 Player Classes:</b><br />
Mage<br />
Cleric<br />
Thief<br />
Warrior<br />
Knight<br />
Ranger<br />
Sage<br />
Bard<br />
Druid<br />
Priest<br />
Assassin<br />
Psionist<br />
Necromancer<br />
Monk<br />
<br />
At level 100 a player can choose a second class and gain skills from that class. At 200 they can pick a triple class and gain even more skills and spells. There are also study skills which are high level and special only to the primary class. Once a player gets to 400 they have the option to remort and be born with strengths their character did not originally have. Each time a player remorts they choose a remort skill and gain more base character bonuses. There is also an alternative leveling method called tier leveling. This can only happen with a player is at level 400. They can gain tier levels to purchase special perks such as player restores, immblessings and double exp for a time.<br />
<br />
When a player isnt leveling they can be part of a clan, do quests, mine for gems and join sieges. We have global quests which award quest points which can be spent on character enhancements. Dwarves can mine for gems which can be embedded into weapons and armor for eq bonuses. Player and immortal run arena battles happen often so people can battle pkill. Same with sieges. Dragons come down and invade the town of Midgaard and players join the siege to fend off the dragons and win a blessing for the entire mud as well as quest points.<br />
<br />
Dragon Swords has been around for a long time and been through a lot. It has changed hands many times and had many contributors. Even so we&#8217;ve managed to survive and keep moving forward in an age of 3D massively multiplayer games. We still have players and staff who are on everyday. Some of who have played for over 10 years. There are players from all over the world and of all ages. There are more men than women as in most gaming communities. Women, we need you! But even with the limited female pop we&#8217;ve had quite a few marriages and relationships come out of Dragon Swords over the years. Its got history.<br />
<br />
So hurry up and join us. Get addicted and play everyday!
<p><b>Host</b>: dragonswordsmud.com</p>
<p><b>Port</b>: 1234</p>
<p><a href="http://mudgamers.com/home/client/?host=dragonswordsmud.com&#038;port=1234&#038;title=Dragon Swords"  ><img src="http://mudgamers.com/files/playnow.png" alt="Click to Play Now" title="Click to Play Now"/></a></p>
<p><b>Website URL</b>: <a href="http://www.dragonswordsmud.com" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.dragonswordsmud.com');">http://www.dragonswordsmud.com</a></p>
<p><b>Admin email</b>: <a href="mailto:mintdawn@yahoo.com">mintdawn@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>Carnival of Carnage</title>
		<link>http://mudgamers.com/2008/09/11/carnival-of-carnage/</link>
		<comments>http://mudgamers.com/2008/09/11/carnival-of-carnage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jindrak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dark fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[godwars]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mudgamers.com/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carnival of Carnage is a GodWars based Mud that is in the phases of Alpha-testing. The Carnival has optional PK status, where additional skills can be gained through researching PK Powers. Also available are Status Powers where extra skills are available to them with the proper PK points. Currently there are 3 classes open to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carnival of Carnage is a GodWars based Mud that is in the phases of Alpha-testing.</p>
<p>The Carnival has optional PK status, where additional skills can be gained through researching PK Powers.  Also available are Status Powers where extra skills are available to them with the proper PK points.  Currently there are 3 classes open to play which are expanded on regularly with 3 more classes in development.</p>
<p>The world uses a mixture of &#8220;overland&#8221; and &#8220;mapper&#8221; style graphical outputs, although minimal exit display is in the works for blind players who require the usage of screen readers.</p>
<p>Quests can be acquired from mobiles through the mob program system and extra equipment can be gained through treasure chests from slain mobiles, quests and shops.</p>
<p>Builders and world designers are being hired although the OLC system isn&#8217;t entirely the most friendly due to the mapper system.  The fact that there is only builder at the moment is why OLC system has not yet been refined for ease of building.</p>
<p>Drop in and check us out, all ideas for expansion and alpha testers<br />
are welcome&#8230;</p>
<p>CoC Dev Team</p>
<p><b>Host:</b> carnival.slayn.net</p>
<p><b>Port:</b> 4123</p>
<p><a href="http://mudgamers.com/home/client/?host=carnival.slayn.net&#038;port=4123"  ><img title="Click to Play Now" src="http://mudgamers.com/files/playnow.png" alt="Click to Play Now" /></a></p>
<p><b>Website URL</b>: <a href="http://carnival.slayn.net" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/carnival.slayn.net');">http://carnival.slayn.net</a></p>
<p><b>Admin email</b>: <a href="mailto:admin@carnival.slayn.net">admin@carnival.slayn.net</a></p>
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